Sunday, August 9, 2015

Navy Scores a Number of Victories for the Empire

ARAPIA SYSTEM - In a series of naval victories, formations of Victory-class star destroyers destroy rebel hopes and work to put a swift end to separatism in the Dalchon sector. A Imperial Navy Pursuit Line destroyed a rebel flotilla seeking to transport a fugitive senator, while the separatist tendencies of the Dalchon sector's forces were swiftly stifled.

Sent on a mission to apprehend a fugitive former Senator-turned-traitor, the two star destroyers - the Vindictive and the Implacable - encountered the rebel flotilla, consisting of an assault frigate accompanied by two corvettes and escorted by several squadrons of B-wing heavy fighter-bombers. While Imperial justice was swiftly brought to one of the corvettes, the assault frigate carrying the fugitive senator was able to escape.

With both Naval Intelligence officers and a highly-placed Imperial Intelligence officer on board, the destination of the fugitive and her vessels were soon found out. The rebels were doubtlessly planning to connect with the traitors of the Dalchon sector in the Arapia system. The officers of the Imperial Navy Pursuit Line successfully planned and executed a fleet ambush, into which the rebel flotilla fell. Employing TIE bomber craft, the assault frigate and all aboard were destroyed.

The pursuit of the rebel flotilla into the Dalchon sector, heading the traitors off at the Arapia system, brought out the forces of the recently-captured Moff Murquan. Left leaderless, they sought to appeal to the Rebellion for replacement leadership.

The moment after the rebel flotilla was summarily destroyed by the ever-vigilent Imperial Navy, the formerly-Imperial forces of the Dalchon sector were sighted among a group of asteroids and a space station. According to Imperial Intelligence this station was where the Rebel ex-senator and the Dalchon leadership were to rendezvous, before their plans were disrupted.

The Dalchon forces consisted of two older types of Victory-class star destroyers and a smaller Gladiator-class star destroyer. While these were certainly a greater challenge than the sundry rebel craft, these ships, too, were destroyed by a combination of expert turbolaser fire and the heroic actions of the TIE Bomber pilots releasing their concussion missiles upon the star destroyers.

While the Outer Rim remains a dangerous part of the galaxy, with fraying loyalties, the Imperial Navy is on task to help the Emperor keep the galaxy, the New Order, and the Empire together.